How to shoot sunlight?

The time of sunrise or sunset is very short. In this short time, the scenery may change greatly every minute. Take the sunset as an example, the sunset also has several processes, which can be divided into four parts, that is, the sun turns yellow, turns red, turns egg-shaped, then disappears on the horizontal line, and finally the sky turns from red to purple, and then turns deep blue. During this period, the light changed greatly, from hot sunshine to dark blue, and the foreground, such as the light of the city, also lit up, which seemed to be a long time. However, the sun disappears at the mountain line or the horizontal line really quickly, and it may sink just two minutes after hitting the mountain line, so it is natural to be careless.

When the sun goes down, the wonderful colors have just begun, or after the sun goes down for more than ten minutes, there is nothing and the sky is getting darker and darker. Many times, I see my colleagues start to pack up their equipment and go home, but in fact, there is still more than half an hour of good weather after sunset. If you shoot in a city, the lights in the city will become the best theme, and many perfect sunset photos will be completed at that time, because the light difference has narrowed, and the prospects of buildings or villages are still hierarchical.

2. Cloud shooting

Cloud is a natural reflective object in shooting, which can spread the red light of the sun, thus constantly changing works. When shooting, pay special attention to what happens when clouds cover the sunset. At this time, the sun's rays will come out from behind the clouds, forming a large scene of radioactive rays, thus adding a very touching effect to the photos.

Because of the changeable clouds, photographers are required to pay attention to observation when shooting and seize the opportunity to press the shutter. When shooting with clouds as the main body, generally speaking, we should aim the metering point at the clouds to measure the light, but at the same time, we should be careful not to expose ourselves to the sun.

3. Prospect application

It is also common to shoot the sunrise and sunset without clouds in the sky. In order to avoid the sky being too monotonous, using some surrounding foreground as a foil, such as sparse leaves and branches as the foreground of the empty sky, can help balance the structure of the scene. But if the foreground is too much or too heavy, it will cover most of the sky and affect the balance of the picture. However, it is also a good method to take the foreground as the main body and the sunset/sunrise scenery behind it as the background.

If you want to use the foreground to represent the sunset or sunrise in the sky, the foreground is often regarded as a silhouette effect, and the acquisition of silhouette effect photos makes full use of the light difference between the subject and the background. Generally speaking, the backlight at sunrise and sunset is easy to show the effect of silhouette, because the light is the softest at this time. Choosing the position and angle in advance, waiting for the sun to rise from the horizon, or set on the horizon, from red to orange, or from orange to red, is the best time to shoot.

Step 4 reflect

Many excellent photos of sunrise and sunset are taken by the water, because at sunrise or sunset, the sparkling water reflects beautiful rosy clouds, and the sails on the water add a little vividness to the picture, which is really a good photographic subject. Shooting the reflection of the water surface will add a lot of color to the photos of sunrise and sunset, and a calm sea surface or lake can reflect the scenery in the sky.

5. Close-up shot

No one stipulates that there must be clouds when shooting sunrise and sunset, and there is not necessarily a prospect. A simple and pure sunset or sunrise is also cute enough to enter our lens. If your camera has a telephoto lens, lengthen it so that a simple sunset or sunrise becomes the absolute subject of the picture! In fact, such pictures are also very colorful. Sunset or sunrise shows a color transition from red to yellow when approaching the ground, and the surrounding sky also shows a transition from yellow to red and from bright to dark. How can such a picture be missed? So when shooting, don't stick to the previous shooting experience, give full play to your personal creativity, maybe there will be unexpected gains!